This week we learned how to pin any file to the Windows 7 Taskbar, sync iTunes to an Android phone, create custom cover pages in Microsoft Word 2010, how you use the Command Line on your computers, got to indulge in some sweet Geek Deals, and more.

Our oceans are full of beauty and wonder, a separate world waiting for us to explore its mysteries and stir our imaginations. Bring the wonders of the underwater world to your desktop with our Ocean Life Wallpaper collection.

The Transformers are back once again and this time they have to deal with the effects of a mysterious event from the past. Bring the excitement of their latest adventure to your desktop with the Transformers Theme for Windows 7.

Are you looking for a fun paper-craft project to work on while showing your support for Mozilla Firefox? Then you will enjoy the Spark and Ember paper toys that the folks from the Mozilla Indonesia community have put together...

Previously $10, Valve dropped the price for Team Fortress 2 to $0. The new model is a “freemium” one wherein the majority of the game is free but you can purchase small upgrades in-game (like expanding your backpa...

Minecraft enthusiast Gary520 has invested some serious time into an amazing rendition of the Legend of Zelda universe done entirely in Minecraft. Zelda Adventure combines elements from across the Legend of Zelda games includi...

If you’re not looking to impress anyone and willing to sacrifice a little compactness, this simple build can save you a ton of cash. Over at Rasterweb Pete Prodoehl shares photos and video of his DIY panoramic head buil...

Everyone’s favorite day of the week is here once again and that means it is time for some fun! In this week’s game your job is to help Snail Bob travel safely through a dangerous forest and reach his Grandpa’s house in one piece.

SSH is a life-saver when you need to remotely manage a computer, but did you know you can also upload and download files, too? Using SSH keys, you can skip having to enter passwords and use this for scripts!

Every week we dip into the tip box and share the tips you send in. This week we’re highlighting a great tip and the accompanying tutorial video that shows you how to pin any file to the Windows 7 taskbar.

Just before he stepped down from Microsoft, BBC2’s “The Money Programme” put together a special on Bill Gates and how he made the company into a money making machine. Those of you who love geek history will ...

In the above video Matt Richardson from Make magazine shows us how to use an inexpensive bottle cutting jig to recycle bottle into new things. With a little polishing you can drink more than beer out of your favorite beer bot...

Without DNS you’d be browsing a web where numbered addresses pointed to numbered addresses. Google, for example, would look like http://209.85.148.105/ in your browser window. That’s assuming, of course, that a nu...

In the above video we see how fiber optic strands are manufactured, including how the draw tower mentioned in yesterday’s video works. Once the strands are manufactured, where do they go and how are they used? In the vi...

If you love Minecraft, odds are you’ve found a server you enjoy playing on. Minecraft is a great game, but with Bukkit, you can run a more efficient server that’s easy to manage and is ready for advanced plugins.

DID YOU KNOW?

Carly Simon, the singer-songwriter best known for hits like “You’re So Vain” and “Nobody Does It Better,” shares more than a name with the famous Simon & Schuster publishing house; her father, Richard L. Simon, co-founded it.

DAILY TECH TERM

A portion of the wireless communication spectrum is dedicated to wireless local area network (WLAN or Wi-Fi). Within this dedicated portion of the spectrum there are four distinct frequency bands, as specified by wireless networking standard IEEE 802.11: 2.4 GHz, 3.6 GHz, 4.9 GHz, and 5 GHz.

The majority of Wi-Fi users are using the 2.4Ghz band which includes the 802.11 b/g/n standards used by most consumer Wi-Fi enabled devices.